Leon wrote:

Only a Speedbloc is a Speedbloc.

That's it in a nutshell. I recently sent mine in for re-cording
and a new eccentric bearing after a quarter century of use.

The repair shop had to order the bearing; and while I was waiting
to get the sander back I wore out /two/ cheapie (~$30 ea) sanders
from the BORG.

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto, Iowa USA